Proverbial Wisdom
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
Express the idea behind each of these proverbs using different words as much as you can.
547. Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
Romola, Bk III, Ch. XLVIII
548. Man seeks his own good at the whole world’s cost.
Luria (Braccio), Act I.
549. A nickname is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at a man.
Political Essays: On Court Influence
550. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
551. Remembrance oft may start a tear.
Verses written under Violent Grief
552.
The absent Danger greater still appears,
Less fears he who is near the thing he fears.
Tragedy of Cleopatra (Rodon), Act IV, Scene I